Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-03
THO BEg OF 1888.
How 1t is Buzzing Hard in
Many Quarters.
BIaine In . Position % Dictate Terws
aBd Conditisas Go maN Pzrty-Aena-
ter shermAA's ssathern Tear aa
sees FFsm New Fsrk CITY.
Tbs Baskeys Statesman Fences All Out
Of Repair In His DIVA Bailiwiek-
Allissn. Of Iowa a. . C0mPr0-
mss TAX Of Allison and
sherman.

NEW EAs N 4FcQ q Inc New 4 OrE
Sos 20 day dev ties nearly . column Of
IL space 20 see following Wa .bington
special Ga Sherman chances in ISIS. Il
says.
Senator shsruosn's trip into the
sSu's, although accompanied by 3 de
nisl Of any political significance, has
done more 70 draw attsntion 70 Eis can
didsey for she Presidency than anything
hat hss 0eeaFF d since the past session
Of Congress. Indee q TIE trip vas plan
ned and decided on 90 test the eGpd tiou
Of the organization which Mr.. Sher-
mans friends 50 lab0riausly pEeps cd
for kim II the sou .nsrn States six
years ago. THIS prepaF alton was OF the
most BainstaklnR character, and vas Of
saeh an elaborate descr iPiion that
the friends made for Mr.. Sherman
Al that time rstsIn a hearty gdmi
ration for him to toisd y, aud are ready
10 enter the canvass for him at the ear
liest momsnt that IL j. deemed advisa
Die. But While this trip has no dOusi
given Mr.. Sherman great satisfaction and
renewed sssurauces Of bis popularity IN
she South, dissatisfaction is making It.
self apparent, and Il comes from no less
a section than .be Senators own state
A business man Who has always had q
hand 10 politics in Ohio, and whose dol
lars fnd their way yearly into the cot
fsrs Of the Republican State Commit
tee without solicitation. has been in the
city this week. and bis words Of concern
give so impression Of the state Of sffairs
10 the Buckeye State. He said:
We are most Of as for Sherman; but
sc Wa0t him, as matter Of State pride.
II Co Of political necessity, 10 20 into
tue National OonVsntian with a solid
and united State delegation at his back.
Il may surprise you II | tell you that
1t will require hard work to secure il
for him. true, as you say, our people
all admire John Sherman; aud, in q
way, they like him. Almost without a
dissenting voice they have elected him
to the Senate term after term, bat it has
been on the broad business principle
that the Affairs Of the state "a the Sen
ate should be in she hands Of a capable
man, and no one has ever doubted that.
from the first day of bis entry int { N
gress, John sherman has reflected credit
/ upon Ohio. Bat there has never been
/ for him that affection in which Gar
field, with all bis Weaknessss. WIS beld.
/ Again, Mr.. Sh rman is not politici IN.
| Machine poli:ics have never gotten ey q
foO'hola in OlIo. and. beyap9 sacur
| ing an electioa to the senate, Mr. Sher
man has never luterfsred in state pll
itics, and, as a eonseque nee, has %. yer
built up an oFgarlZ 'iI0n which would
c ,ntroi conventions or State delegates.
| HIS political wOTk has always been
placed in the hands If f,w
y friends, mostly Young men, who are
| unaeqaainted With tue devious way-
Of politics, and rat er inclined 70 rest
peacefully upon the Eastern pT0verb:
| AN things come to eim who wa "a.
/ Even the stronger men of the STATE.
whom Sherman rallies around him.
make no extra effort in his behalf, aud
/ all this tasisg IF things for granted Is
where the ehsef danger lies.
Wnen Mr. Sherman was candidate
| in 1880 Oongr ssmen q trfield aud Nc
| kinlsY we're both elected bv the state
G Invention delegates at large TO the
| Chicago Convention. vet neither one of
I them came hon e a day earlier than was
necessary to reach Chicago. and thu
| district of roth seut Blaine delegates 10
| the convention. ! talked with Garfield
the night befrre he Jeff for Chicago, and
asked him II be did not think he could
have saved his district for sherman If
| be rad put In little work, and he re-
piled sever Interfere with the wishes
u the people of my district. Having
been elected A delegate A. large myself.
| shall 90 to Chicago aud support Mr..
Sherman. My constituents wanted a
Blaine man and sent enc. NV duties
we're At Washington, and should have
considered II out OF place 10 come here
and try To opposs the wishes of my
people
Mckinley prob bly, bonght be same
way. Those two districts we're carried
FOR Blaine hv 4 movement started by
haaucey Ii. Andrews. the Mahonine
Valley Jill and mins owner, aud a corps
( yUunR mea whom he gathered around
him, aided b. o Z. Shsffer. tie man
Aver of Andrews paper, tbs Youngstown
Nstrs. They carried Mex nle,'s district
without trouble, and then went into Gar
fields district an helped TO elect a
Blaine delegate there.
" The feeling that actuatsd Andrew.
aud his Young men at that time 81, n
exists rs str ngly as ever, and IL will
require wear or more Of ildisin9s
work TO assure thoss tWo 81 triots to
sherman IL is true, Hsw elements
have turned 90 sherman. he men
Eha have been leaders Of the Sialvar,
element, w1O have usea admirers Of
Grant and Arthur and Caukhug, having
90 logger sn ldai before them. have
'nrned Asd pledged thsmselv 70 Sher
man, bat Is u nol for love Of him; - l.
rather as = matter 81 State pride. Eos
ter has g. eared h;msslf for sherman,
bat Shermau's friends doubt his faith, |
and predict that b. will not thr " Avav |
nv Enthusiasm into hts advocacy Of |
him after be has been elected q delegate |
q Caicago. There are other rotten /
spots In the State that are controlled |
by men cpp1s q 10 Sherman, notably /
toe Ssudusky district, and u the S=na |
tor il % secure . solid DELEGATION from
Quo, BE- 81 uii 90 home a ones, snd |
not only Fspsif his fences. bas build /
others where he never possessed them. /
he sooula not lose 3 moment IN trips |
such az the one be ~ tskius. I have /
Just come from Oaio. aud | know of |
WhAt speak. We need srganiz stion, |
pOll'tcAl work, g. rSnssion, diplomscy, |
or John sherm 40 Will so into the Ma
tl0ual Converts to beg from the Ma
ton what bis own state viii appear IN.
willing 10 eoneede so him.
BLAME N PESNsILVANIA
"A Government official. a R.pabi-
can, who Is soou 10 retire fro-1 one Of
the pro aiueui Government Offices. and
sho has for many years PLAYED strous
Cameron hand 10 Psnnsylvauia, said
the other dsy:
/ see = Food deal 10 the newspapers
~ ths aHAnimity With which Pennsyl-
yanIa Will come tu BlAiOe's support 10
the national cogveBtIuu should be De a
candidate Take all OF that With
grain 81 salt. Senator CAueror has
piedssd himself o. pabody. bat ven
tars 20 SAY that, a. betS en- Blaine acd
sherman. ! eoula easily tsIl v1u where
be would stand Has t ever occurred
O. yea ttst tie old StslWart eleuent
nd : ss~.ls4-r.s- Asf-..F q Flhar.. sN., ~ 9